The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1887-09-22

partment says that cotton is not as good
as was expected at one time, by at least
ten per cent.
There is great distress in Ergo county,
Texas, on account of the long drought:
People are on the point Of starvation, and
are asking for help. ..
-Asheyille is considering the proprietv
Of having more railroad facilities. Ashe-
vile will not lag behind the other bust
ness towns of the State.
-Goldsboro will soon be supplied with
plenty of water. She is making prepara-
lions to have water-works. The materials
are being delivered daily.
The Dismal Swamp region is no on
ger the hiding place of the runaway negro,
but it is thought to be the resort Ct a large
number of white men who desire private
life there for a time.
Col. Lebel of France, has invented a
rifle of wonderful velocity and accuracy
at the distance of six thousand feet, and
they are being made very rapidly by the
French Government.
-Ex-President Jefferson Davis has
peer invited to attend the reunion of the
ex-Confederate soldiers to be held at
Macon, Ca, during the State fair to be
held there in October.
Capt. B. Cameron, Of Stagville, was
designated by Gov. Scales as North Caro-
lina's representative on the Staff of Gen.
P. H. Sheridan at the centennial celebra-
ton in Philadelphia last week.
The political cauldrons are beginning
to..simmer, and soon they will be boiling
over. Keep cool, gentlemen, and don't
forget to consult the people, for their will
should shape the policy Of parties.
The committee appointed at the last
legislature will soon have completed it's
work Of more equally distributing the
burdens of taxation. and will hand it to
the proper authorities for consideration.
Work or the Lynchburg and Dur
ham Road has already commenced, and
it will not be long before it will be COM
pleted, and then Roxboro will have an
outlet to two lourishing tobacco markets.
The battle flag of the Sixteenth Con-
necticut Volunteers, which was captured
at Plymouth, N. c., April, 1864, by the
second Alabama regiment, has been re-
turned by Col. T. G. Jones, Of that regi-
ment.
Under the local option law of Geor-
gia, Wine rooms were permitted, but the
legislature of that State passed an act i'm
posing a license fee of $4,000 on each
wine room and the Governor has signed
the bill.
Mr.. w. E. Gladstone declined to &C
cept the invitation to attend the celebra-
ton of the one hundredth anniversary of
the adoption of the Constitution of the
United States, on account of pressing
business at home.
The mammoth establishment of H.
o. Neil & Co., of N. Y, have issued their
Fall and Winter Fashion Catalogue, con-
tanning 175 pages, price 10 cents. Their
house occupies a whole block from Goth
to 21st streets on 9Th Write
them and refer to this paper.
1t is the business Of this paper to
keep up with the improvements which
may help our farmers. We advertise no
humbugs if we know it. w, give no
paid-for pufs. But it is a pleasure to call
attention to matters of merit. We want
our tobacco growers to write to "Ver-
non Tobacco Hanger Co." and learn Of
their new invention for curing tobacco,
and get their prices. They want agents.
know the gentlemen belonging to the
firm, and they are thoroughly reliable.
think it will pay you to write to them.
Read their advertisement in this issue.
The Richmond and Danville Railroad
will sell, Sept. Goth, 25 round trip tickets
to Chattanooga, Tenn, good for 10 days
from date of sale, to all persons who wish
to visit the interesting and growing city
of the Southwest. The rate from Colds
boro to Chattanooga and return will be
$500, Raleigh $500, Greensboro $6.1O,
Charlotte $3.50, and Salisbury $3.50.
Persons holding these tickets will be
furnished round trip tickets. Chattanooga
to top ofLookout Mountain by conductors
of E. T. Y.-and G.~trains. These rates
are so low every one should visit the
Iron City Of the South.
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FARMERS OF FRANKLIN CO.
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